The use of outing in this case was specifically attributed to not making others aware of the ongoing eBay auction. By definition, if there was a baseball-card-dictionary, I surmise that "outing" would be an advertisement for any auction other than that put forth by the seller or auction house.
That would mean outing a T206 COBB in a REA auction. The thing that I think people have a problem is not with the "outing" in general, but instead with how successful the "outing" of the auction is, with this success being determined by the percentage increase of added exposure an item receives contrary to what it would have received had it not been "outed". Clearly, outing a T206 Cobb in an REA auction will add no dramatic percentage increase in viewership.
Outing an authentic T206 Cobb on eBay that was titled "nice cadr, been in collction lon timg frmo gpa" in the Knitting category when you and one other person were the only 2 people who had come across it, well, would be rather infuriating to the other person.
Basically Geno, for the most part, I agree you with regard to the "outing" of REA auctions or other major auction houses. There may be certain situations though where even auctions in major auction houses may go unnoticed by 1 person, which could save one person thousands of dollars. Frequently, when we're all bidding on things, it ends up between 1 or 2 buyers.
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Originally Posted by HercDriver
Are you really "outing" something in a Legendary Auction? Can you "out" something in an REA auction? To me, you can't. I can understand an Ebay auction where the item is in the wrong category or something, but not a major auction house. I think the board members lose when there is no discussion on items while there's still time to make an informed decision. Just one dude's opinion...
Take Care,
Geno
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03-11-2013, 01:09 PM
Outing, again
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